From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: Re: How to download and install Emacs CVS?
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 11:03:11 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <871xc14mhz.fsf-monnier+gnu.emacs.help@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: ctf93l$k09$1@reader1.panix.com
>>> $ ./configure
>>> $ make bootstrap
>>> # make install
>>
>> This sequence is OK, but there is much more of choices, particularly a
>> windowing environment, i.e. making GNU Emacs a graphical application.
>> Try this:
>>
>> ./configure --help
>>
>> You'll get a huge list. Important is at least '--with-x'. Then you can
--with-x is already the default if you have X11 installed.
>> manually choose the X tool kit, GTK or Lucid, as I recommend (Athena is
>> very old not very attractive, Motif is not my choice, try a bit of 3D
>> look with Xaw-3d).
In the --with-x-toolkit argument "lucid" and "athena" mean the same.
It also happens to be the default.
> Suppose you're using Solaris' CDE as your gui; what's a
> reasonable choice, given that.
I recommend you stick with the default. It's the best debugged code.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-01-31 16:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-01-16 17:51 How to download and install Emacs CVS? romeomedina
2005-01-17 0:02 ` Peter Dyballa
2005-01-18 12:16 ` Rodolfo Medina
2005-01-18 12:50 ` Matthew Huggett
2005-01-18 16:59 ` Peter Dyballa
2005-01-18 19:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-01-22 12:19 ` Rodolfo Medina
[not found] ` <mailman.13933.1106069492.27204.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2005-01-29 6:05 ` David Combs
2005-01-29 11:40 ` Peter Dyballa
2005-01-31 16:03 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
[not found] <mailman.13518.1105898635.27204.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2005-01-17 19:32 ` Stefan Monnier
[not found] <mailman.13893.1106051780.27204.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2005-01-18 13:22 ` Reiner Steib
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